Whole Foods will open its first Capital Region store June 18, the chain announced Monday.

The market, which is located in Colonie Center, will occupy 32,000 square feet in the southwest corner of what was once part of the Sears store. It offers natural and organic foods and makes efforts to include local products sourced from farms and artisanal producers throughout the region.

The Austin, Texas-based chain will be the latest addition to the Capital Region's growing number of supermarket options, including The Fresh Market in Latham and Saratoga Springs, Trader Joe's nearby on Wolf Road in Colonie, and the four ShopRite supermarkets that opened in recent years in the Capital Region. Price Chopper has expanded several of its stores and built the Market Bistro supermarket in Latham, which it bills as the next generation of grocery store. Hannaford, too, has renovated several of its stores, and Target and Wal-Mart have expanded their grocery business.

Last month, Whole Foods began interviewing people to fill 200 jobs, 70 to 75 percent of them full time. Entry-level jobs will start at $11 an hour, and the hourly wage averages $15 to $16 at a typical Whole Foods store.

The opening is more than two years after the store was first announced in May 2012.